Factors that Influence the Decision Not to Substantiate a CPS Referral
Dataset Number: 107
Investigator(s): English, D.
Abstract: This federally-funded study examined factors
that influenced the decision not to substantiate a child protective
services (CPS) referral after a child protective services
investigation in Washington State. The study was conducted in three
distinct phases. Phase I: Child Protective Record Review consisted
of a review of administrative records. Records were extracted from
the state child protective database (CAMIS) and a rich dataset of
child, family and allegation variables was created. The variables
include demographic information, variables coded from the Washington
Assessment of Risk Matrix (WARM) and the Modified Maltreatment
Classification System (MMCS) as well as variables derived from a
public assistance records match. The Phase I data file includes 2000
cases. Phase II: Child Protective Caseworker Survey was a mail and
telephone survey of child protective services caseworkers in
Washington State. All current child protective caseworkers in
Washington State who had more than six months of job experience were
invited to participate in the telephone and mail surveys. The Phase
II data file includes the 106 respondents who answered both the
telephone and mail surveys. Phase III: Child Protective Client
Survey was a telephone survey of investigated CPS clients
approximately 90 days post investigation. This dataset also includes
records extracted from the state child protective database similar
to those in the Phase I dataset. In addition to variables related to
the interviews, the variables include demographic information,
variables coded from the WARM and the Maltreatment MMCS as well as
variables derived from a public assistance records match. The Phase
III data includes data from 303 clients with completed interviews.
The data from Phases I, II and III cannot be combined, as there is
no common unit of analysis.
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